Map Companion · Northern Coast Route Notes

Preserved towers, read as landmarks along the northern shoreline.

Use these notes as a coastal reading guide: each stop combines place cues with concise history so your map view can move from coordinates to lived maritime context.

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Tall documentary-style view of a rugged northern coastline with a lighthouse on a cliff and a winding shoreline path at dusk
Field note image: cliff route above the beacon line.

  1. North Reach · Mile 12

    Grey Point Light

    Established in 1868 to mark a narrow reef crossing; the present stone lantern room was reinforced after the winter storms of 1911.

  2. Harbor Bend · Mile 21

    St. Ives Lantern Tower

    A cast-iron tower moved inland in 1934 after shoreline retreat; keeper logs describe fog bell routines that ran through both world wars.

  3. Sandbar Channel · Mile 33

    Beacon House at Low Spit

    Originally paired with range lights to guide cargo brigs; now preserved with its oil store and workshop foundation still visible onsite.

  4. Outer Cliffs · Mile 47

    Blackwater Head Lighthouse

    Completed in 1892 on a steep basalt edge; its first-order lens survived evacuation years and is now interpreted in the keeper quarters.